Collins is too polarizing.
She also ran a very negative campaign, not to mention the lies.
How long before they have yet another leader?
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Well of course it has. I agree. I was responding to This post: If you cannot make a post seemingly favouring one Party over another - on the day of the election - then what about all the other posts previously made and still available on the site? Surely like election hoardings everything available needs to be removed? In other words the whole site should be taken off-line on the day of the election...
I have spent some time perusing the profiles of new MPs entering Parliament from all parties. Many do have interesting backgrounds and experiences, certainly diverse. One thing I took out was that the baby boomer era in politics is at an end. I would also make the observation that if you are male and over sixty your opinions do not matter nor canvassed, and like Victorian children are to be seen and not heard
I totally disagree. The actions our PM has taken in the past six months have been predicated to a large extent on protecting the health of the vulnerable and elderly. So younger NZers will now have the responsibility to rebuild the economy.
If there has been a change, perhaps we have become slightly less of a gerontocracy and younger adults are demanding a greater say in the battles, real and figurative, in which they become the cannon fodder. The young also will have to live with the consequences of environmental damage wrought by the older generations. The consequences are already obvious.
Has there been a decline in the average age of MPs over the years? Perhaps it just seems that way? For example the average of MPs in the UK House of Commons has been about 50 since 1979.
The average age of MPs in Australia is about 51 and this compares with the average age of 48 back in 1901.
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliam...p1314/43rdParl
Of course there has been a change in the number of women in politics - as society lifts discriminatory practices.
I guess left wingers tend to be younger and conservative right wingers tend to be older. So a shift left in an election may bring in a younger average age for the MPs.
Hmmm, would I rather take 5 minutes out of my working week or 5 minutes out of my weekend?
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And yes - Kids under 5 years old running around the house, cut me some slack buddy :) :cool:
Anybody else blown away by how much Labour actually won by?
We all knew Labour would get in, but just by how much - Presumably nobody expected overwhelming landslide?
I understand the system. I just had not taken into account that my 49% prediction for Labour could bring in 53% of the MPs - that there would be so much of the total vote that would be under the threshold for parliamentary representation.
I think the threshold for party representation in parliament should drop to 2% (or the % needed to bring in two MPs.)
The Labour "Landslide" is under 50% of the vote.
NZ's constitution has been a process of evolution, Humans like to improve things. Hence introduction of MMP in the first place.
Of course it could be any of those - time for a review of the original set % threshold along with review of the length of term of parliament.
Yes, Jacinda Ardern was blown away by how much Labour actually won, she did not expect it.
Another surprise was the support for the Greens, which generally wasn’t picked up by the media – Mike Hoskings in this interview with Jacinda Adern on 12 October doubted that the Greens would get back into parliament.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/electi...XTKIIKIESTX7U/
Strategic voting by National voters to keep the Greens out - mission accomplished.
Certainly some interesting trends re voting in this election.
Election 2020: Labour wins party vote in every South Island electorate.
Nationwide, the only electorates where National lead the party vote were Taranaki-King Country, Waikato, Epsom and Tāmaki.
Labour even lead the party vote in Judith Collins' own electorate of Papakura by a margin of 434 votes.
Despite not leading in the party vote, the National Party still managed to win the Invercargill, Southland, Waitaki, Selwyn, Kaikōura and Waimakariri electorate seats in the South Island.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/electi...PY4NVO42JWRNQ/
Be interesting to see how Christopher Luxon gets on in Botany electorate, seeing as Jamie-Lee Ross has been laughed out of the electorate and on national television.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...ional-audience